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Date:      Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:59:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Yuri <yuri@tsoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Plans to support web-cams on FreeBSD ?
Message-ID:  <20050624205753.C47411@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <42B667D0.8020003@tsoft.com>
References:  <42B667D0.8020003@tsoft.com>

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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Yuri wrote:

>
> Are there plans to support webcams under FreeBSD ?

There has been talk on and off on -multimedia about a Video4BSD API that
would handle most image-capture devices.

A big problem with your average USB webcam is that there are six million
proprietary different camera interfaces and even with an API if there is
no drivers its useless.

> It must be possible to make some infrastructure allowing to use linux
> videodevice drivers with minimal changes.

Good luck :)

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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